Technological Diffusion And The Computer Revolution
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Technological Diffusion And The Computer Revolution
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Author : Paul Stoneman
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1976-01-08
Technological Diffusion And The Computer Revolution written by Paul Stoneman and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976-01-08 with Business & Economics categories.
Monograph describing the computerization movement and experience in the UK - investigates computer usage and its implications for technological change and for labour force, and analyses environmental aspects, production costs, etc. Diagrams, flow chart, references and statistical tables.
Computerization Movements And Technology Diffusion
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Author : Margaret S. Elliott
language : en
Publisher: Information Today, Inc.
Release Date : 2008
Computerization Movements And Technology Diffusion written by Margaret S. Elliott and has been published by Information Today, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
" "Computerization movement" (CM) refers to a special kind of social and technological movement that promotes the adoption of computing within organizations and society. ... Through theoretical analyses, systematic empirical studies, field-based studies, and case studies of specific technologies, the book shows CMs to be driven by Utopian visions of technology that become part of the "ether" within society. The empirical studies presented here show the need for designers, users, and the media to be aware that CM rhetoric can propose grand visions that never become part of a reality and reinforce the need for critical and scholarly review of promising new technologies."--Back cover.
The Whale And The Reactor
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Author : Langdon Winner
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-07-15
The Whale And The Reactor written by Langdon Winner and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-15 with Technology & Engineering categories.
"The questions he poses about the relationship between technical change and political power are pressing ones that can no longer be ignored, and identifying them is perhaps the most a nascent 'philosophy of technology' can expect to achieve at the present time."—David Dickson, New York Times Book Review "The Whale and the Reactor is the philosopher's equivalent of superb public history. In its pages an analytically trained mind confronts some of the most pressing political issues of our day."—Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Isis
Philosophy And Technology Ii
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Author : Carl Mitcham
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Philosophy And Technology Ii written by Carl Mitcham and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Until recently, the philosophy and history of science proceeded in a separate way from the philosophy and history of technology, and indeed with respect to both science and technology, philosophical and historical inquiries were also following their separate ways. Now we see in the past quarter-century how the philosophy of science has been profoundly in fluenced by historical studies of the sciences, and no longer concerned so single-mindedly with the analysis of theory and explanation, with the re lation between hypotheses and experimental observation. Now also we see the traditional historical studies of technology supplemented by phi losophical questions, and no longer so plainly focussed upon contexts of application, on invention and practical engineering, and on the mutually stimulating relations between technology and society. Further, alas, the neat division of intellectual labor, those clearly drawn distinctions be tween science and technology, between the theoretical and the applied, between discovery and justification, between internalist and externalist approaches . . . all, all have become muddled! Partly, this is due to internal revolutions within the philosophy and his tory of science (the first result being recognition of their mutual rele vance). Partly, however, this state of 'muddle' is due to external factors: science, at the least in the last half-century, has become so intimately connected with technology, and technological developments have cre ated so many new fields of scientific (and philosophical) inquiry that any critical reflection on scientific and technological endeavors must hence forth take their interaction into account.
The New Media Reader
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Author : Noah Wardrip-Fruin
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2003-02-14
The New Media Reader written by Noah Wardrip-Fruin and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-14 with Social Science categories.
A sourcebook of historical written texts, video documentation, and working programs that form the foundation of new media. This reader collects the texts, videos, and computer programs—many of them now almost impossible to find—that chronicle the history and form the foundation of the still-emerging field of new media. General introductions by Janet Murray and Lev Manovich, along with short introductions to each of the texts, place the works in their historical context and explain their significance. The texts were originally published between World War II—when digital computing, cybernetic feedback, and early notions of hypertext and the Internet first appeared—and the emergence of the World Wide Web—when they entered the mainstream of public life. The texts are by computer scientists, artists, architects, literary writers, interface designers, cultural critics, and individuals working across disciplines. The contributors include (chronologically) Jorge Luis Borges, Vannevar Bush, Alan Turing, Ivan Sutherland, William S. Burroughs, Ted Nelson, Italo Calvino, Marshall McLuhan, Jean Baudrillard, Nicholas Negroponte, Alan Kay, Bill Viola, Sherry Turkle, Richard Stallman, Brenda Laurel, Langdon Winner, Robert Coover, and Tim Berners-Lee. The CD accompanying the book contains examples of early games, digital art, independent literary efforts, software created at universities, and home-computer commercial software. Also on the CD is digitized video, documenting new media programs and artwork for which no operational version exists. One example is a video record of Douglas Engelbart's first presentation of the mouse, word processor, hyperlink, computer-supported cooperative work, video conferencing, and the dividing up of the screen we now call non-overlapping windows; another is documentation of Lynn Hershman's Lorna, the first interactive video art installation.
The Oxford Handbook Of Information And Communication Technologies
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Author : Robin Mansell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks Online
Release Date : 2007
The Oxford Handbook Of Information And Communication Technologies written by Robin Mansell and has been published by Oxford Handbooks Online this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Business & Economics categories.
The production and consumption of Information and Communication Technologies (or ICTs) have become embedded within our societies. The influence and implications of this have an impact at a macro level, in the way our governments, economies, and businesses operate, and in our everyday lives. This handbook is about the many challenges presented by ICTs. It sets out an intellectual agenda that examines the implications of ICTs for individuals, organizations, democracy, and the economy. Explicity interdisciplinary, and combining empirical research with theoretical work, it is organised around four themes covering the knowledge economy; organizational dynamics, strategy, and design; governance and democracy; and culture, community and new media literacies. It provides a comprehensive resource for those working in the social sciences, and in the physical sciences and engineering fields, with leading contemporary research informed principally by the disciplines of anthropology, economics, philosophy, politics, and sociology.
The Theory Of Technological Change And Economic Growth
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Author : Dr Stanislaw Gomulka
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-12-05
The Theory Of Technological Change And Economic Growth written by Dr Stanislaw Gomulka and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-05 with Business & Economics categories.
In this wide ranging exposition of the various economic theories of technological change, Stanislaw Gomulka relates them to rates of growth experienced by different economies in both the short and the long term. Analysis of countries as diverse as Japan, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom demonstrates that there is an interdependence between technological change and the institutional and cultural characteristics of different countries, which can have a profound effect on their rates of growth. All of the major, relevant models are discussed, including those of Kuznets and Phelps, but throughout the emphasis is on the creation of a unified theoretical framework to help explain the impact of technological progress on both a micro and a macro scale.
Mergers And Economic Performance
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Author : Keith Cowling
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1980-10-02
Mergers And Economic Performance written by Keith Cowling and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-10-02 with Business & Economics categories.
The Computer Revolution In Canada
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Author : John N. Vardalas
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2001-07-27
The Computer Revolution In Canada written by John N. Vardalas and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-27 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The forces that shaped Canada's digital innovations in the postwar period. After World War II, other major industrialized nations responded to the technological and industrial hegemony of the United States by developing their own design and manufacturing competence in digital electronic technology. In this book John Vardalas describes the quest for such competence in Canada, exploring the significant contributions of the civilian sector but emphasizing the role of the Canadian military in shaping radical technological change. As he shows, Canada's determination to be an active participant in research and development work on advanced weapons systems, and in the testing of those weapons systems, was a cornerstone of Canadian technological development during the years 1945-1980. Vardalas presents case studies of such firms as Ferranti-Canada, Sperry Gyroscope of Canada, and Control Data of Canada. In contrast to the standard nationalist interpretation of Canadian subsidiaries of transnational corporations as passive agents, he shows them to have been remarkably innovative and explains how their aggressive programs to develop all-Canadian digital R&D and manufacturing capacities influenced technological development in the United States and in Great Britain. While underlining the unprecedented role of the military in the creation of peacetime scientific and technical skills, Vardalas also examines the role of government and university research programs, including Canada's first computerized systems for mail sorting and airline reservations. Overall, he presents a nuanced account of how national economic, political, and corporate forces influenced the content, extent, and direction of digital innovation in Canada.
Powerful Finance And Innovation Trends In A High Risk Economy
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Author : B. Laperche
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-02-27
Powerful Finance And Innovation Trends In A High Risk Economy written by B. Laperche and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-27 with Business & Economics categories.
This book presents in its first part the financial determinants of innovation processes considered in a macro-economic perspective, which are limited by short-term constraints, and studies in its second part the linkages existing between the necessity to innovate in order to survive and the constant attention given to financial results.